---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program"
description: "Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program in the town of Southold."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8559"
citation: "New York A 8559 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fred Thiele"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4569c92a-f56e-42cf-8343-0b5883ab696a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8559"
source_hash: "005b4712af2dede3ffef80e3d96011625f55a8aea62e5cf0a601d522c80eb203"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 8559 (2023-2024) — Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program in the town of Southold.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A8559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8559&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **57–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fred Thiele — primary (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-09** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** REPORTED
- **2024-02-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.294
- **2024-02-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-02-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8052
- **2024-02-12** 3RD READING CAL.190
- **2024-02-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-02-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.83 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4569c92a-f56e-42cf-8343-0b5883ab696a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).